Hares, as you know, are very timid, The least shadow, sends them scurrying in fright to a hiding place. They drove him very slowly, for they thought they would have a better chance to sell him if they kept him in good condition. A single look was enough to send the Fox off at top speed for the nearest hiding place. Please let me go! Leave the woods; there you live miserably. We can help you to see the world, said the Ducks. Can you guess who it was that our young Mouse was trying to describe to his mother? Sure enough, the Mice soon began to come out. But though he could swim a little, he did not dare risk going into the pond without some help. And off he walked very, very scornfully.
The flatterer lives at the expense of those who will listen to him.